I think what is odd is that the shot of the rear, there are those diagonal creases near the license plate area that mat suggest some strong contours.

Damn them, they just don't want anyone to see the front or rear.

 

Those spy shots don't look much like that rendering to me. The spies still show a more C5 "melted stick-of-butter" shape than the sharp creases of that rendering.

 

Those wheels look pansy..

 

That's not anywhere near what I said.

I did not say Brembo was the only company that made rotors
I did not say Brembo was the only company that made pads
I did not say Brembo was the only company making drilled rotors.

What I said was...TO MY KNOWLEDGE, Brembo is the only company making "drilled" rotors by actually casting the holes into the rotors. If you really drill them in, stress risers will form around the holes and they will crack under hard use. Most C5 road racers just use stock undrilled rotors for that reason.

They work on Porsche, etc. because Brembo casts the wholes into the rotor cores rather than drilling them. This makes them pricier than a true set of drilled rotors.

Could it be that GM has found a supplier other than brembo to make cast-in-hole rotors at a lower price for the C6? Yes, its possible, but considering the downsides to cross drilling (even if you do cast the holes in, the holes = a reduction in surface area plus loss of heat sink material), there's not really any point in the extra expense. I think those are on there just to get us talking about it.

 

Three more months.... I can't wait! The only thing I'm going to predict is that this car will be GREAT!

 

i'm not going to judge based on these because they're not final, but I can already tell from the outlines that they screwed up the classic C5 look. they were trying to recreate it but make it "different" at the same time. they made it different, but not good looking. when the dust settles after the unvailing i'll be surprised if I like the C6 more than the C5. the C5 is just classic at this point.

 

Ok here is the deal with this. Brembo, Raybestos, Bosch, make OE rotors. Reguardless of how they are made, cast in hole, or true drilled really doesn't matter. Your preface is the C6 would somehow need this more expensive type of rotor, which it may or may not. The fact is GM will put out a bid to these aformentioned suppliers looking for a rotor with certain specs. Now the way at which each supplier goes about reaching that may be different. But under testing the chosen brand must pass the tests GM will do on the product. So lets say your correct in your knowledge of Brembo and they make a top notch product that passes all tests easily yet costs much more. And Raybestos comes along with a product that isn't quite a good but does pass all GM's performance standards, for a lesser cost. Which one will GM take? Remeber this isn't racing it's for a street car. Somehow you've got the idea that the C6 will need a racing spec type rotor. That just isn't the case.
What you may pay more for on the track isn't always needed for the street. Now if GM said to the suppliers we have loads of cash to spend and we want a rotor with holes cast into it. We have very high racing needs. Then you'd see the suppliers submit a proposal and if it meant that Raybestos or Bosch had to get a press to cast in holes to the rotors as opposed to drilling them then thats what they would do if awarded the contract.

 

Man, I'm liking this car more everytime I see a new photo of it. I especially like the the fender bulges and the way the side vent kind of flows into them. Very nice so far, IMO. I just hope the front and rear are as good. Also, I think those wheels, production or not, look kind of cool.

 

No, what I am saying is that holes in the rotors aren't all they are cracked up to be, and in reality a racing spec rotor does not automatically mean it has to have holes in it. Directional ventilation vanes and lots of mass are much more effective at cooling than holes running perpendicular to the rotor face.

Even simpler, all I am saying is that holes in rotors are wayyyyy-over rated, so that regardless of whether its racing spec or not, they are simply not necessary and an extra cost of production. Since I'm sure the Vette team knows this, I highly doubt they'd waste their time with crossdrilled rotors for the production C6 when the non-drilled are as good, if not better, at a lower price.

Anyway, lets get off this topic, I apologize for taking us as far off the subject as I have to this point.

 

Its cool man we all are on the same team here! I'm not even sure whare the cross-drilled rotors on the C6 came from. But I work at Bendix in aftermarket research so when someone talks brakes I tend to have a few things to say.